Comparison

Treasure Castle vs GMToolkit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Treasure Castle

Embark on a retro-style text adventure game ported from 1987. Explore over 60 rooms, uncover hidden areas, and solve the castle's secrets to find the treasure. Experience the authentic feel of 80s gaming.

Highlights
  • Retro text-adventure gameplay
  • Over 60 explorable rooms
  • Discover hidden rooms and secrets
  • Map for exploration
  • 80s writing style and feel
Features
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Treasure Castle is a retro-style text-adventure game. Originally created in 1987, over 30 years later, we have ported it to mobile. The writing and feel of it comes directly from the 80s. With over 60 “rooms” to explore and discover, you will enjoy the taste of yesteryear. Find hidden rooms and hallways. Discover the secrets of the castle but beware of dangers. Use your map to discover secrets. Can you find the treasure and win?

About

GMToolkit

Features
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This app generates randomized content for a Game Master (GM)/Dungeon Master (DM) to use during their game. It's designed to be easy to read and simple, making it perfect for using on-the-fly mid-game. As a GM/DM, your job is to fill in the gaps created by this app, or to use it for inspiration. For example, if you create a randomized City, it might give you descriptions like: - Theocracy - Egg Statues - Soot - Sacrifice - Rogue Knights So you might start describing the city as covered in soot with large stone egg statues. As your players start exploring the city, you can piece together in your head what's really going on: perhaps this is a dragon-worshipping city run by a cult. They have a yearly ritual where they hatch a dragon egg and sacrifice commoners to the newborn, however a group of defiant knights have started fighting back against this practice. This app is made of 75% human writing, then 25% AI writing based on that human writing (using Anthropic and self-improvement algorithms). If this app does well I'll come back and add an option to filter out the AI writing, but I made this app primarily for myself so I don't have a need for it personally. The writing is vetted and makes it less likely for content to run out.

Screenshots

Treasure Castle4 screens
GMToolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GMToolkit at none against Treasure Castle's shown. GMToolkit also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). Treasure Castle's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Treasure Castle ships an update every 13 months, GMToolkit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Treasure Castle versus GMToolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreasure CastleGMToolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB17 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRichard WittmannDale LaPlante

In-app purchases

None

Treasure Castle

No in-app purchases

None

GMToolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Treasure Castle free?
Treasure Castle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GMToolkit free?
GMToolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Treasure Castle or GMToolkit have ads?
Treasure Castle shows ads; GMToolkit does not.
Which is updated more often, Treasure Castle or GMToolkit?
Treasure Castle ships an update every 13 months, and GMToolkit fortnightly. Most recently, Treasure Castle was updated on October 15, 2026 and GMToolkit on October 6, 2026.

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